European Business Systems

Introduction/PART ONE: THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS/Societies Firms and Markets/The Social Structuring of Business Systems/National Business Recipes/A Sector Perspective/PART TWO: NATIONAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS IN EUROPE/Introduction/European Business Systems/Britain and Germany Compared/European Business Systems/The Dutch Case/Strategies Against Structure/Institutions and Economic Organization in Denmark/A Dominant Business Recipe/The Forest Sector in Finland/Small Country Business Systems/Australia Denmark and Finland Compared/PART THREE: BUSINESS SYSTEMS INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AND STRATEGIC CHOICES/Introduction/Business Systems Industrial Wisdom and Corporate Strategies/Business Systems Consumption and Change/Personal Financial Services in Italy/The Societal Construction of Labour Flexibility/Employment Strategies in Retail Banking in Britain and France/Firm Development and Diversification Strategies as Products of Economic Cultures/The Japanese and Hong Kong Textile Industries/PART FOUR: CONCLUSION/The Comparative Study of Business Systems in Europe/Issues and Choices